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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 2, 202618 counties in South Dakota; Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT for 18 counties in South Dakota; Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2026, 5:04 PM CDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 12:42 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryABRBuffalo, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 8 more52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2026Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2026Every winter storm warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.